evil immunity

Response of the immune system to usually harmless environmental substances are known as:

Allgeries

The ability of the body to react to antigens is

Immunity

Identify primary lymphatic organs

Spleen and thymus gland

B lymphocytes are produced in the _____ and mature in the _____.

bone marrow; bone marrow

T lymphocytes are produced in the ____ and mature in the ____.

bone marrow; thymus gland

Lymph is filtered through the

lymph nodes

Identify examples of nospecific defenses.

Chemical barriers, complement, interferon, and inflammation

Identify the two types of specific defense mechanisms

Antibody-mediated immunity and cell-mediated immunity

Identify the cells responsible for specific immunity

B lymphocytes and T lymphocytes

Defense by B cells is known as

Both A and C

When an antigen-presenting cell (APC) presents an antigen to a T cell, it must

Join with complement

An exaggerated immune response to substances that do not ordinarily harm the body is an

allergy

Which of the following is NOT part of the body’s innate immune system

white blood cells

Which statement would best describe an observation that would best support the continued study of using antibodies produced by this new technique against the flu?

1.) A group of 50 mice with flu antibodies formed using the new technique were exposed to mutated forms of the flu. None of them became ill

Explain why a patient needs treatments of antibodies after being injected with these modified T cells.

Because the T cells are destroying both healthy and cancerous B cells, and B cells produce antibodies.

Explain why the engineered T cells taken from one cancer patient will NOT work as a cancer treatment if injected into another patient with B-cell leukemia.

Because the T cells are specific to each patient.

Explain why these specific T cells can be used for B-cell leukemia treatments

They produce perforins and destroy other cells.

What is the largest lymphatic organ in the human body

spleen

The disease known as malaria may result in a fever, a decrease in red blood cells, and an enlarged liver and spleen. These symptoms are evidence of

a disruption of homeostasis

What is the major function of the thymus

nursery for lymphocytes